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ORNL researchers advance performance benchmark for quantum computers

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These benchmarks give us an idea of how future quantum systems will perform when tackling similar, though exponentially more complex, simulations. Pooser and his colleagues calculated the bound state energy of alkali hydride molecules on 20-qubit IBM Tokyo and 16-qubit Rigetti Aspen processors. —Raphael Pooser.

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Two Genomic Research Projects in British Columbia Tackle Issues in Emerging Forestry Biofuels Industry

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Dr. Jack Saddler, Dean of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, is leading a C$1.1-million The idea is that the 20+ year supply of dead lodgepole pine will have provided enough time to replant with a fast-growing tree variety to replace it as biofuel feedstock. million (US$1.0-million) million (US$7.2-million)